Game-board



E. T. GIBSON.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED ran. 26, 1920.

Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

[N VENTOR waaw EDWAIH) TIN KHAM GIBSON, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAME-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 14 1920 Application filed February 26, 1920. Serial No. 361,517.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD TINKHAM- GIBSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Game-Board, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. I

My invention relates to game-boards for games thatare played on a flat game-board provided with markings denoting stations that are to be reached by a player in the progress of the game. a

The object of my inventionis-to provide a game-board having a station-bearing section and a dial-bearingsection; the latter having a move-directing dial face printed on it, and the said dial-facehaving in connection with it a pointer-piece adapted to be whirled on a pivot-member positioned at the center of the dial-face so that when the pointenpie'ce comes to rest 1t may indicate on the dial-face the particular move on'the' station-bearing section of the game-board that the player is to make with his man.

This object is accomplished by the gameboard illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a face view of a game-board disclosing an embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2' is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 1 and 1.

In this specification the parts are referred to by numerals, and these latter are connected to the parts to which they refer by lines.

2 indicates a flat'base having a stationbearing section 3 and a dial-bearing section 1.

On the said station-bearing section 3 are printed a plurality of station-denoting markings, of which the reference numerals 5, 6, T, and 8 refer to several.

On the said dial-bearing section 4 of the base 2 is printed a dial-face 9 having a concentric ring section 10 which is subdivided by printed lines into a plurality of segmental sections, of which latter the refer- These said station-denotingmarklngs are arranged .1n

ence numerals 11, 12, 13 eral. On each of the segmental sections in the said concentric ring section 10 is printed the station-numbers of at least two of the stations on the station-bearing section 3 of the game-board, as in Fig. 1 the stationnumbers 34;, 58 and 3 are printed on the segmental section 11. The said dia1-face 9 also has a concentric ring section 15 which is subdivided by printed lines into a plurality of segmental sections, of which latter the reference numerals 16, 17, 18 and 19 indicate several. On eachof the segmentalsections in the said concentric ring section 15 is printed either the numeral 1, or"2, or a cipher. i

The reference numeral 20 indicates a pivot member which is positioned at the center of the said dial-face 9. This pivot member con-' sists of a vertically-positioned shaft 21, (see Fig. "3) on which is mounted a sleeve 22 having at its lower end a flange 28. The said shaft has a cap 24 at itsupper end, and the body portion of the shaft is longitudinally divided into two cooperating sections 25 and-26 which extend through an opening 27 (see Fig. 3) in the-base 2 of the gameboard and are bent in oppositedirections against the under surface of the said base 2 to draw the said cap 24 of the shaft into engagement with the upper end of the said sleeve 22 and to draw the said flange 23 of the sleeve intoengagementwith the upper surface of the said base 2.

Loosely mountedon the said sleeve 22 is a pointer-member 28 adapted to be caused to whirl on the said pivot member when given a swift stroke by the finger of a user of the game-board. I r

In the game that is played 011 this gameboard, the first one and thelast one of the numbers displayed on each of the segmental sections. in the concentric ring section 10 (as, for instance, the numbers 534 and 3 in the segmental section indicated by the reference numeral 11) indicate, respectively, the starting station and the terminal station of a particular tour of travel that the competing players of the game (usually two) are to undertake with their men on the stationbearing section 3 of the game-board should the said pointer member 28, after being whirled, point to it when the pointer-member comes to a rest; and for the reason just given, this concentric ring section 10 is called by me the and" 14 indicate sevtour-indi 'ating section of the dial-face 9. Furthermore, in the game that is pla ed on this game-board the numeral displayed in each of the segmental sections in the concentric ring section 15 (as, for instance, the numeral 1 in the segmental section indicated by the reference numeral 16) indicates the number of moves from station to station on the station-bearing section 3 of the game-board that a player can make with his man when the pointer member 28 comes to rest after his giving it a whirl; and for the reason just given, this concentric ring section 15 is called by me the "nu ve-indicating section of the dialface 9. Upposite the innermost end of each of the lines dividing said section 15 into segmental sections is anumeral indicating the number of moves a player can make should the said pointer member 28 come to a rest directly opposite one of these divid ing lines.

In combination with the plurality of station-denoting markings or stations on the stationbearing section 3 of the gameboard is a system of lines, of which latter the reference numerals 29, 30, and 31 inclicate several, whereby the said stations are connected one to another. I call these just described lines travel-lines as a players man must travel on one of these lines when moving from one station to another.

In the game that is played on this gameboard a one-cent coin makes an excellent man for a player to use.

What I claim is:

1. A game board comprising a base having a station-bearing section and a dial bearing section, a dial-face printed on the upper surface of the last mentioned section,

a pivot member projecting upwardly from the center of said dial-face, and a pointer member loosely mounted on said pivot member and adapted to be manually set whirling on a plane parallel with that of the upper surface of said dial-face; the said station-bearing section having on its upper surface a plurality of printed station-denoting markings having a distinctive stationnumber in connection with each, and a plurality of printed lines constituting a system of travel-lines connecting the said station-denoting markings one to another; the said dial-face having a concentric ring section subdivided by printed lines into a plurality of segmental sections each of the lat ter having on it printed numbers corresponding with at least two of the stationnumbers on the said station-bearing section of the base of the game-board, and said dialface also having a concentric ring section subdivided by printed lines into a plurality of segmental sections each of the latter having on it a printed numeral; and the said pivot member consisting of a sleeve mounted on a vertically positioned shaft having a cap at its upper end, the said sleeve having a. flange at its lower end and the said shaft having its body portion longitudinally divided into two cooperating sections the free ends of which latter are bent in opposite directions against the under surface of the said base to draw the said cap into engagement with the upper end of said sleeve and said flange into engagement with the upper surface of the base of the game-board.

2. A game-board comprising a base having a station-bearing section and a dialbearing section a dial-face printed on the upper surface of the last mentioned section, a pivot member projecting upwardly from the center of said dial-face, and apointer member loosely mounted on said pivot member and adapted to be manually set whirling on a plane parallel with that of the upper surface of said dial-face; the said station bearing section having on its upper surface a plurality of printed station-denoting markings having a distinctive stationnumber in connectionwith each, and a plurality of printed lines constituting a system of travel-lines connecting the said stationdenoting markings one to another, the said dial-face having a concentric ring section subdivided by printed lines into a plurality of segmental sections each of the latter having on it printed numbers corresponding with at least two of the station-numbers on the said station-bearing section of the base of the game-board, and said dial-face also having a concentric ring section subdivided by printed lines into a plurality of segmental sections each of the latter having on it a printed numeral.

nnwnnn TINKHAM GIBSON. lVitnesses ROBERT H. CARR, M. H. TAYLOR. 

